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John Hurt

1940 - 2017

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Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors. Director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hurt has received more than 11,224,153 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). John Hurt is the 223rd most popular actor (down from 182nd in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 288th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Actor.

John Hurt is most famous for his role as the War Doctor in the BBC series "Doctor Who". He is also well known for his roles in the films "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant", "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant", "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant", "The Elephant Man", "Alien", "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "1984", "The Elephant Man", "V for Vendetta", "The Naked Civil Servant".

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Hurt ranks 223 out of 9,996. Before him are Pola Negri, Aishwarya Rai, Patrick Stewart, Geoffrey Rush, Maximilian Schell, and Paul Walker. After him are Julia Roberts, Benny Hill, Melina Mercouri, Dwayne Johnson, Harold Ramis, and Giuliano Gemma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, John Hurt ranks 32. Before him are Giorgio Moroder, Abbas Kiarostami, Brian De Palma, J. M. G. Le Clézio, Patrick Stewart, and Michel Temer. After him are Kip Thorne, Joseph Brodsky, Terry Gilliam, Anna Karina, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, and Peter Fonda. Among people deceased in 2017, John Hurt ranks 16. Before him are Jeanne Moreau, Salvatore Riina, Raymond Kopa, Chuck Berry, Jalal Talabani, and Hugh Hefner. After him are Mireille Darc, Manuel Noriega, Johnny Hallyday, Glen Campbell, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Jerry Lewis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hurt ranks 310 out of 7,765. Before him are Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Peter Ustinov (1921), Emmeline Pankhurst (1858), Halford Mackinder (1861), Æthelred the Unready (968), and Patrick Stewart (1940). After him are David II of Scotland (1324), William Petty (1623), Edward Gibbon (1737), Benny Hill (1924), Stanley Matthews (1915), and Thomas Andrews (1873).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Hurt ranks 36. Before him are Vanessa Redgrave (1937), Gary Oldman (1958), Peter Sellers (1925), David Suchet (1946), Peter Ustinov (1921), and Patrick Stewart (1940). After him are Benny Hill (1924), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Ian McShane (1942), Colin Firth (1960), Malcolm McDowell (1943), and Ralph Fiennes (1962).

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